This Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) white paper highlights a number of specific examples of how virtualization provides measurable ROI and other benefits, looks at the challenges for data center management that virtualization introduces, and explains why most current approaches to virtual system management fall short. 

If you're a small or mid-sized business thinking about virtualization, particularly in the world of Microsoft, it makes sense to upgrade your database servers as well. This article explains why to upgrade and provides several examples of companies that have successfully made the move. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases — and their businesses — by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

This paper discusses some of the common myths about infrastructure monitoring, and addresses how to ensure your infrastructure monitoring is responsive enough to satisfy and retain your customers. 

Double-Take Software provides organizations with a solution that offers distinct recovery and protection advantages over manual Microsoft SQL built-in replication capabilities: Double-Take Availability saves more data real-time and restores that data in a much faster manner. 

Along with an in-depth discussion of energy measurement and management, this white paper provides a brief overview of IBM solutions that can help organizations support their initiatives for developing energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers. 

Growth of data on databases and applications can lead to failure to meet service levels which stems from the high TCO involved in maintaining, supporting, and planning for growth. Read this E-Guide and explore the advantages of having a clear data growth management strategy. Discover 6 key solutions for managing your data before it manages you. 

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into best practices for data center design and maintenance in today's down economy. 

Read this overview to learn about the Dell Poweredge T610 Server. This server is a key data center building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance, availability, and expandability in a 2-socket server. 

This paper examines the issues of backup and recovery in VMware virtual server environments, and outlines the key features of HP Data Protector. 

This paper explores how businesses can capitalize on a free, easy- to- use, rapid web application tool for the Oracle Database that will help consolidate personal databases, spreadsheets, and other data to create a single point of truth for everyone in the company. 

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivered the reliable solution Norris needed to safeguard, analyze, and share customer data with employees. His team can now use that data to much more effectively sell and up-sell his firm's products and services. 

Read this white paper to learn about the latest partitioning techniques, enhanced scalability, and extended manageability capabilities available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.